Henry Howland Crapo

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Henry Howland Crapo

1804–1869

A Massachusetts-born businessman who helped shape early Flint, he went on to serve as Michigan’s 14th governor during the Civil War years. His story connects New England roots, frontier industry, and a period of major change in the state’s history.

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Address delivered by Hon. Henry H. Crapo, Governor of Michigan, before the Central Michigan Agricultural Society, at their Sheep-shearing Exhibition held at the Agricultural College Farm, on Thursday, May 24th, 1866

Address delivered by Hon. Henry H. Crapo, Governor of Michigan, before the Central Michigan Agricultural Society, at their Sheep-shearing Exhibition held at the Agricultural College Farm, on Thursday, May 24th, 1866

by Henry Howland Crapo

About the author

Born on May 24, 1804, in Dartmouth, Massachusetts, Henry Howland Crapo built his early career in business before moving west to Michigan. He became closely tied to the growth of Flint through lumbering, land development, and banking, and he was known as one of the city’s leading early citizens.

Crapo later entered public life as a Republican and served as the 14th governor of Michigan from 1865 to 1869, just after the Civil War. His years in office placed him in a period when Michigan, like the rest of the country, was adjusting to the war’s aftermath and the demands of reconstruction-era government.

He died on June 30, 1869. Remembered both as a businessman and as a governor, Crapo remains part of Michigan’s nineteenth-century story, especially in Flint, where his influence on the city’s early development was long lasting.